Stanchion



UNITED STATES HENRY G; MINER, OF STAFFORD, NEW YORK.

STANCHION.l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,572, dated August 28 1888.

Application filed May 15, 1888. Serial No. 274,018. (Model.)

To au whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. MINER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stafford, in the county of Genesee and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Oattle-Stanchion, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stanchions for securing cattle in a proper position for feeding when housed in the stable; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide a secure fastening, largely automatic in its operation, by the use of a spring locking device; second, to afford facilities for locking the cattle in position and releasing the same with a mittened hand, and, third, to

` assure the safe detention of the animal by the use of simple devices quickly manipulated, durable, and forming a sure and safe lock. I attain these objects by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation with parts broken away and having dotted lines, showing the working ofthe parts. Fig. 2 is a like view showing the securing-bail and its mode of operation.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

The base A has mortised therein upright posts B, to the top of which, upon either side thereof, are secured the upper beams, C. Resting upon the base A is a lower beam, D, to which are pivoted the stanchions E, the upper ends of which are made to pass between the beams C. B are other posts parallel with and secured to posts B. The posts B are made tapering, so that as the pivoted stanchion is swung back an enlarged space may be secured for the purpose of admitting the head of the animal and for the release of the same, as will be hereinafter explained.

F F are blocks, each having one end abutting against the post B, the other end serving as a stop to the movement of the pivoted stanchion when the same is in a locked position.

j' is a spiral spring inserted in a hole in block F, against which the stanchion rests, the spring being compressed as the stanchion is being placed in proper position for securing the animal.

G is a stanchion securing bail, having otl'- sets g, which are straddled by the legs of the i staples g as the said staples are driven into` the top edge of the beam C, whereby a hinge y l is formed for the swinging of the bail, as will presently appear. l

H is an upwardly-inclinedstem at right angles with one of the bail-offsets, which is used i as a hand-lever for raising the bail `when 4un- V locking the stanchion. This hand-lever has atmo downward bend which enters the coil in thel` top end of the spring h.

It is a pin driven into the beam underi neath and in line with the bent portion ofthe handle, which engages the lower end of the spring h, and also acts as a stop against which the bent end of the handle strikes as the bail is lifted.

In practical operation, when it is desired to y, secure the animal the stanchion is thrown back, as shown in dotted lines. The headof 1 the animal is thrust through between the now inclined stanchion and the post B, when the stanchion is, from its pivotal end,`swung toward the animal and against the stop-block, compressing the spring in the same, and in the meantime the bail, by itsend cross-bar coming in contact with the beveled end of the l ,y stanchion, is raised, after which the spring underneath the hand-lever will force the bail )l down upon the top of the beams with the end of the said bail impingingagainst the back side of the now upright stanchion, thereby` locking the same until the operator desires to release the animal. In releasing the animall the bail is thrown up by a downward pressure l of the hand upon the `lever end, thereby releasing the bail from its contact with the stan-Q chion, while the spring in the stop-block will i immediately recoil, causing the stanchiouto swing back, so that the animal can withdraw its head without further assistance from the operator. This work of securing and releasy ing the animal can be done without removing the mitten from the hand. y i

Having now described my invention, what I i claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is"

1. The combination, with the supportingframe having the upper beams, G, and lower beam, D, of the swinging stanchion E, the

locking-bail G, having the offsets g, inclined,

stem H, and downward spring-supporting 1ebetween the upper beams, and the spring f ver, the spiral spring h, the springmetaining within said block for opening said stanehion, pin h', and the staples g', substantially as desubstantially as described.

scribed. HENRY e. MINER. 5 2. The combination, with the supporting- W'itnesses:

frame having the upper and lower beams and G. WV. FORD,

the swinging stanehion, ofthe stop -bloek F E. J. MOCKYFORD. 

